We have heard a lot of negativity over the state of retail since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. We have heard about how it will be the death of the high street, how the shopping experience will be entirely online, and how retail spaces will need to be converted into houses, for example. These …
The Pursuit of Net Zero in Manufacturing
The need for businesses of all types to become as environmentally friendly as possible has never been more critical. The planet is at a tipping point in terms of global warming, and governments are increasingly looking to businesses to ensure that they are causing as little harm as possible to the environment. And businesses are …
What are the Benefits of Self-Storage?
From modular homes to pop-up boutiques, shipping containers are being converted into a whole manner of constructions today. But one of the most popular uses for shipping containers is to use them for what they were originally intended – storage. Shipping containers are, essentially, large metal boxes that were designed and built to transport cargo …
The Emergence of the Hybrid Office and What That Means for Commercial Property
The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that the world of business works drastically. From the boom in online shopping to many of us working from home, the nature of business and the way that it functions is very different from a couple of years ago. But we cannot say that there weren’t signs that …
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How to Make your Office Move Successful
Moving offices can be an exciting yet stressful time for everyone involved. Whether you’re moving the whole office to a new location, upsizing or downsizing, or perhaps moving out to smaller, satellite offices adopting a ‘hub and spoke’ model, it can be a daunting prospect. But it is also the beginning of a new period …
What is a Commercial EPC and why is it important?
As the world becomes more aware of environmental issues and becoming more sustainable, businesses are needing to reflect this in the ways that they work. It might be through the services that they are providing, the materials that they use for packaging, their processes, or office working practises, but another way that a company can …
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Industrial Factories of the Future
As much of the British workforce over the last year or so have been locked away working from home, one area that we have noticed that has been thriving is the manufacturing industry. Even in the most extreme of times, there are certain parts of the economy that cannot ‘work from home’, and manufacturing …
A Guide to Letting Industrial Property
Finding the best industrial property for your business is key to its success. It is linked to the workforce that you can employ, the distribution of your product, and how successfully you can produce your product – or operate your service. We have found that here at Boxpod, our customers tell us that choosing the …
Using Office Design to Promote Staff Well-Being
Here at Boxpod, we understand the importance of the workplace when it comes to employee well-being. And having a healthy and happy workforce is essential for any business to prosper. There are a number of factors that contribute to ensuring employee well-being, and some of them are related to the environment that they are in …
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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the High Street
2020 has been a tough year for everyone, but especially the high street. In fact, predictions were being made last year about how many high street businesses were going to struggle in 2020 before we had even heard of COVID-19. This means that they have suffered a double whammy of the ‘decline’ of the high …
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